By Joel Oosthuizen In the Transition Management section (which is part two) of my series on Critical Success Factors for Agile Transformation we are looking at Transformation Vision, Objectives, Benefits Plan, Transition Team, Measures, Stakeholders and Culture. Agile Transformation Management: Vision As with any successful endeavor, project, product or service offering, a clear Transformation Vision […]

Part of the ‘Designing and Implementing a Successful Agile Transformation’ series of posts. Agile Transformation Critical Success Factors Vision An Agile Transformation, as with any change initiative or project, starts off with a vision. The person with this vision has seen the extraordinary results that Lean thinking and Agile Principles and Values bring to an […]

Agile for CIO’s Gartner’s list of top 10 things that CIO’s must know about Agile. Download your copy here: [sociallocker id=493] Download: Gartner’s top 10 List What CIO’s must know about Agile. [/sociallocker] What’s Next? If you need assistance with Agile in any way, form or shape please contact us here. If you need Agile […]

I decided to place all my PMI-ACP™ Examination Resources and thoughts in one place for easier sharing with my ACP students. Here please find a collection of the finest resources I could lay may search capabilities on. These are mostly just links (MVP1), if the time-value paradigm allows, I will elaborate on these notes. PMI-ACP […]

An infographic that can be used as a quick reference to identify waste in lean software development, and their Agile/ Lean remedies. What’s Next? If you need assistance with an Agile Transformation, or with Lean Process Optimization and Value Stream Mapping, please contact us here. If you need Agile or Lean training from team […]

Adaptive Portfolio – An Introduction Organisations that utilize batch principles to deliver work are often synonymous with old legacy systems, batch-process thinking, big up-front planning and long feedback cycles. Requirements are thrown into a black hole and we expect that our perception of value will materialize once delivered. In most cases this heavy process driven […]

A closer look into the world of the Product Owner that has to perform the required magic to get quality products out the door. “The hardest part of building any software system is determining precisely what to build” ~Frederick Brooks – The Mythical Man Month The primary purpose of product ownership is to maximize value […]

In Scrum we use 15 minutes each day to satisfy our daily planning as per the most inner-side if the planning onion. The prime objective in these short time-boxed meetings is for team members to collaborate briefly around their commitments for yesterday and today, and to illuminate impediments so that these blockers can be removed […]

Why Dual Track Agile? “Our job is to consistently deliver new value” – Marty Cagan. Have you ever felt that you spend too much time in Sprint Planning ceremonies which are filled with chaos and lack of direction? Teams ask Product Owners questions which they don’t have answers to, and the acceptance criteria is elusive […]

For many Agile teams the vague user stories are serious impediments to team performance. Imagine the amount of time that is wasted in trying to make sense the ambiguous customer requirement, not to mention the accrual of technical debt when our requirements assumptions are way off. User stories that don’t express business value should not […]